Bag of Bones vs Kill Creek: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Haunted houses, Authors, Fiction
Bag of Bones
“On a very hot day in August of 1994, my wife told me she was going down to the Derry Rite Aid to pick up a refill on her sinus medicine prescription -- this is stuff you can buy over the counter these days, I believe.”
Bag of Bones is a 1998 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. It focuses on an author who suffers severe writer's block and delusions at an isolated lake house four years after the death of his wife. It won the…
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Kill Creek
"At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, is the Finch House. For years it has remained empty, overgrown, abandone. Soon the door will be opened for the first time in decades. But…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Kill Creek is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 11 for Bag of Bones.
- Bag of Bones has the widest readership — 215041 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bag of Bones | Kill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (215041) | 3.8 (24165) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (322) | 3.6 (94) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (548) | 4.0 (191) |
Reception
| Bag of Bones | Kill Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 215041 | 24165 |
| Editions | 75 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 135348 | 48703 |
| Reading it now | 4265 | 1848 |
| Written reviews | 7073 | 4109 |
| Wikipedia attention | 4799 | 52 |
| Pages | 600 | 414 |